Official Name: | Childs |
Pushpin Map: | Minnesota#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Minnesota |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wilkin |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 971 |
Coordinates: | 46.0656°N -96.5344°W |
Area Code: | 218 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 654642 |
Childs is an unincorporated community in Wilkin County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
The town of Childs was named for a local farmer, Job W. Childs, who later moved to California.[1] The town had a post office from 1888 until 1920,[2] and a station of the Great Northern Railway which was abandoned in 1956.